Device for tying packages



G. A. BLAKE, DECD.

m. 0. BLAKE. ADMINISTRATOR.

DEVICE FOR TYING PACKAGES.

APPLICATION FILED 050.121.1918.

Patented July 8, 1919.

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UNITED STATES PATENT onrren.

GEORGE A. BLAKE, DECEASED, BY MARY D. BLAKE, ADMINISTRATOR, OFWATERTOWN, NEW YORK.

DEVICE FOR TYIN'G PACKAGES.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 8, 1915).

Application filed December 18. 1918. Serial No. 267.415.

, To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, MARY D. BLAKE, a citi- Zen of the United States,residing t \Vatertown, in the county of Jefferson, State of New York, amthe administrator of GEORGE A. BLAKE, who invented certain new anduseful Improvements in Devices for Tying Packages; and I do herebydeclare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of theinvention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which itappertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to fastening devices and more particularly todevices designed for fastening the confining cords of packages, and hasfor its object to provide a device which may be stamped from sheet metaland by means of which the confining cord of the package may be quicklyand easily secured about the package, the structure of the device beingalso such that the cord may be easily and quickly released.

In the drawings Figure 1 illustrates a package of letters in top planwith the present invention in use thereon.

Fig. 2 is a perspective view showing the position of the fastener withthe cord engaged therewith prior to the final operation of engaging theshank beneath one stretch of the cord.

Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the fastening device.

Fig. 4 is a longitudinal section through the fastening device showingthe manner of attaching the cord thereto.

Referrin to the drawings, the present :t'astening c evice consists of anelongated shank 5 having a yoke 6 at one end, this yoke includingdivergent fingers 7 and 8 and a connecting bight portion 9 which iswider than the shank 5. The fingers 7 and 8 are offset to a plane spacedfrom the plane of the shank, this offset being accomplished by directingthe bight portion of the yoke at an angle to both the shank and thefingers.

Formed through the bight portion 9 contrally thereof there is an opening10 adapted to receive the confining cord 11 of a package therethrough,and carried by the edge of the bight portion 9 between the fingers 7 and8 there is a finger 12 which is bent to extend in the direction of theshank 5.

At the opposite end of the shank 5 from 56 the yoke 6 there is a lip 13which extends from one side of the shank over the opposite face of thelatter from that beyond which the fingers 7 and S are offset, this lipbeing spaced from the shank for the'reception of a stretch of confiningcord between it and the shank as illustrated in Fig. 1.

The side edge of the shank from which this lip extends is cut away for aconsiderable distance resulting in an elongated notch 14 extending fromthe lip and terminating short of the yoke at a shoulder 15.

In the us of the device, the confining cord 11 is passed around thepackage, which is indicated in the drawings at A, with the finger 12directed away from the package. The cord is then crossed over itself andbeneath the fingers 7 and 8, after which the cord is wound a number oftimes around the bight 9, the finger 12 acting as a stop to prevent thecord from slipping over the bight. Fig. 2 of the drawings illustratesthe device with the above operations completed.

After the cord has been wound about the bight 9, the fastening device isshifted end for end, with the fingers 7 and 8 at opposite sides of thestretch of cord which passes from the opening 10, and the end of theshank which carries the lip 13 is then engaged beneath this stretch ofcord and the latter is introduced between the lip 13 and the shank, thestretch of cord extending through the notch 14:, as illustrated. Thisdisposal of the shank beneath the cord effectually prevents the returnof the fastening device to its initial position through accidentalthough it may be readily disengaged from the cord when the package isto b unfastcned.

lVhat is claimed is:-

1. In a package tie, a fastening device consisting of a body including ashank having spaced fingers at one end offset through the medium of abight between the shank and fingers, said bight having an openin thereinbetween the fingers, a finger carried by the bight between the firstfingers and directed to extend over the opening at the opposite side ofthe bight from the direction of extension of the fingers and in positionto engage the knotted end of a cord passed through the opening, and alip carried by the shank at its end opposite to the fingers andextending over the shank at its side opposite to the direction of offsetof the fingers.

2. In a package tie, a fastening device consisting of a body including ashank having spaced fingers at one end ofiset from the shank'through theInedimn of a bight portion between the shank and fingers; saidbighthaving an opening therein, a fingen carried by the bight portion betweenthe first mentioned fingers and extending over the opening at the sideof the bight' portion opposite to the direction of extension of therection of the offset of the fingers, said shank having a longitudinalnotch in one edge extending froln the lipto a p'oint adjacent to thebight.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in the presenee of twoWitnesses.

MARY D. BLAKE, As administmtm of Geo. A. B lake, deoeased.

Witnesses:

JOHN B. HOGU'E, EnWARn W. CARROLL,

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